Kahramanmaras ranks 28th in Turkey's agricultural production. There is a high agricultural diversity in Kahramanmaras where the elevation of land ranges between 350 to 3,000 metres. Grains and other crops have a significant part in terms of growing area and amount of product in the agricultural production of the province.

There are 375,309 hectares of agricultural land in the province. Fields constitute 74% of farm land and fruits and vegetables lands and fallow lands constitute the rest. Although Kahramanmaras has a scattered land distribution, arable fields have a 26% share, which is a substantial amount.

Source: Kahramanmaras Provincial Directorate of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Livestock, Strategic Plan of 2012-2016

Organic Farming Organic farming practices (mainly for vegetable and olive production) have also been realized recently in Kahramanmaras. As a result of increasing organic farming practices; wheat, laurel, apple, apricot, cherry, lentil, chickpeas, grapes, walnuts, lathyrus and feed plants can be grown organically. 22 farmers are engaged in organic farming activities in the province and 1620 tons of production was realized on 321 hectares of land since 2011. Greenhouse Farming Practices Kahramanmaras, situated in our region, where 1% of greenhouse farming in Turkey is performed; there are 10 glass greenhouses, 44 plastic greenhouses, 1.754 high tunnels and 8.952 low tunnels. It is thought that there is an investment potential in this area for people and companies, who plan an investment in the field of agriculture.Animal Production Kahramanmaras, which has 1,7% of Turkey's small cattle, has also begun to be significant in livestock breeding, especially recently with the investments made in Elbistan county, which has one of Turkey's important livestock markets

Number of Cattle

Number of Small Cattle

K.Maraş

132.646

542.725

Turkey

14.022.347

35.782.519

Source: TSI, Regional Indicators Database, 2011

Agriculture and Rural Development Strategic Plan of Kahramanmaras Province 4 strategic regions have been determined with the help of our Agency in accordance with the Agriculture and Rural Development Strategic Plan of the Province of Kahramanmaras, prepared by Kahramanmaras Provincial Directorate of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Livestock, involving the years 2012 and 2016 with the purpose of evaluation the agricultural potential of our province more effectively and the targets are described below.Strategic Region 1: Effective Use of Agricultural Production Potential

Improving plant production, increasing plant diversity

Increasing animal production

Protecting the rural population and supporting the socio-cultural development of this population

Increasing the effectiveness of Provincial Directorate of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Livestock

Improving the quality of agricultural labor force and providing employment in agricultural land

Increasing the effectiveness of agricultural production subsidies

Strategic Region 2: Production Efficiency

Increasing efficiency in plant production

Increasing efficiency in stockbreeding

Effective and efficient use of water resources

Effective and efficient use of agricultural lands

Increasing the effectiveness of R&D activities in agricultural production

Strategic Region 3: Investments for Value-Added Production

Developing of agricultural trade

Increasing the competitive capacity of special local products in national and international markets

Use of modern techniques in agricultural production and industrialization